Arsenal vs Sunderland end result: Carabao Cup rating, objectives and report

A primary senior hat-trick for Eddie Nketiah guided Arsenal to a cushty victory over Sunderland and into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.

The back-up striker has reportedly turned down a brand new deal on the Emirates Stadium and is out of contract in the summertime however shone in a 5-1 win which additionally noticed Charlie Patino rating on his first-team debut.

Nketiah opened the scoring earlier than Nicolas Pepe doubled the lead, whereas the in-form Nathan Broadhead scored his sixth purpose in six video games to drag one again for the Black Cats earlier than the break.

Any menace of a shock was extinguished inside 13 minutes of the second half as Nketiah offered two good finishes and Patino got here off the bench so as to add the gloss with a late fifth.

Mikel Arteta’s aspect sit fourth within the Premier League and confirmed 9 adjustments from Saturday’s win at Leeds as solely Ben White and Martin Odegaard saved their locations.

Sunderland wished an early penalty as Ross Stewart went down within the field beneath shut consideration from Mohamed Elneny – however there gave the impression to be no contact and the claims have been waved away.

A stroke of luck nearly put the hosts forward as a Nuno Tavares cross was turned in opposition to his personal crossbar by Eddie Embleton with Arsenal beginning to knock on the door.

The impasse can be damaged quickly after as Rob Holding’s header was well-saved by Lee Burge, just for Nketiah to knee dwelling the rebound from shut vary.

Pepe, the club-record signing given a uncommon begin by Arteta, doubled the lead as he exchanged passes with Cedric Soares earlier than seeing his strike deflected previous the helpless Burge.

But when Arsenal thought they have been coasting into the semi-finals, they have been unsuitable.

Sunderland would hit them on the break, Broadhead coolly ending a quick-fire counter from the guests to half the arrears.

Bernd Leno was then pressured right into a low save to maintain Arsenal forward because the Sky Wager League One aspect ended the half on prime – though they did lose Broadhead to damage earlier than the interval.

Sunderland boss Lee Johnson had joked about eager to face Arsenal within the quarter-final after seeing off QPR within the earlier spherical – saying going through the Gunners or their north London rivals Tottenham would allow them to face “the actually massive weapons” in a two-legged semi-final.

He dismissed the remark as “dad banter” on the eve of the tie however Arsenal confirmed – within the minutes following half-time – that even their much-changed aspect have been greater than sufficient to see off Johnson’s spirited guests.

Two flicked finishes from Nketiah would settle the competition, the primary from a Tavares cross and the second after some very good work from Pepe – who impressed on his return.

Embleton had hit the publish in between however Sunderland have been out of the tie as their vociferous following sang all through.

Arteta was in a position to hand a first-team debut to highly-rated midfielder Patino for the ultimate 10 minutes, the England Beneath-19 worldwide changing fellow academy graduate Emile Smith Rowe and sliding in to transform one other Pepe help to place the cherry on prime of the cake for Arsenal.